BACKGROUND This study descriptively analyzes characteristics of general surgery residency and practice and their influence on student interest in surgical careers. METHODS Fourth-year medical students were invited to complete an Internet-based survey. A 5-point Likert scale described characteristics of general surgery residency and practice influencing medical student specialty selection. The...

Dept of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center; Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Duke University Medical Center; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center; Dept of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center; Dept of Anesthesiology, Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, D...

During the 20th century, surgery programs were gradually established in all universities and hospitals, and other surgical specialties were developed in response to the inertia of a division of surgery according to organ-specific systems or specific surgical techniques. Today, at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the Graduate Division has 78 different medical and surgical spe...

BACKGROUND Surgical intervention for advanced Parkinson's disease is an option if medical therapy fails to control symptoms adequately. We aimed to assess whether surgery and best medical therapy improved self-reported quality of life more than best medical therapy alone in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease. METHODS The PD SURG trial is an ongoing randomised, open-label trial. At 13 ...

Introduction: Infective endocarditis is well known to produce neurologic complications from septic emboli, which mandates a multidisciplinary approach between neurosurgery and cardiac surgery. However, literature is not clear as to the optimal interval length between neurosurgery and cardiac surgery.Presentation of Cases: The first case involves a 60-year-old woman with significant past medical...

This paper provides a broad overview of medical robot systems used in surgery. After introducing basic concepts of computer-integrated surgery, surgical CAD/CAM, and surgical assistants, it discusses some of the major design issues particular to medical robots. It then illustrates these issues and the broader themes introduced earlier with examples of current surgical CAD/CAM and surgical assis...

Not long ago, during the course of an interview for surgical residency, a medical student asked me how I determined which person would make the best candidate for that position. I reflexly responded to the student's question, but my response set me to thinking about the answer I gave. The answer was not one you or I might give after serious reflection. I did not enumerate those qualities that d...

TBE-CiTE Journal Meeting on February 27 , 2012, with the participation of the fol lowing services: Trauma Program, Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Canada; Discipline of Trauma Surgery at UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil; Discipline of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, Unive...

From the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Sleep Disorders Center, University Hospital Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan; Department of Surgery, John D. Di...